Event Schedule

Ayurveda and Aromatherapy

Aspen, CO

Using Essential Oils according to Ayurvedic Principles

The use of aromatic plants, essential oils, and hydrosols is a branch of Ayurvedic and Tibetan medicine. This class presents the most important essential oils used currently in aromatherapy, categorized according to doshas (constitutional types), subdoshas (physiological functions of the doshas), the five elements, prana (life force), and ojas (nutritional essence).

Sacred Scents & Fragrance and Consciousness

Aspen, CO

This Sunday event will have two topics:
Fragrance and Consciousness: the use of essential oils for increasing concentration and memory, relaxation and deepening meditation
Sacred Scents: meditations assisted with sacred oils and aromatic herbs

Floracopeia in Crestone, CO

Sacred Earth Conference

David Crow and Floracopeia will be presenting at the Sacred Earth Conference in Crestone, CO. This conference is being held to oppose the proposed oil drilling in the fragile "biogem" of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains at the edge of the Great Sand Dunes National Park. Many local and national organizations will be present; Paul Winters will be performing.

Floracopeia in Taos, NM

Pharmacy of Flowers

Dixon, NM

Pharmacy of Flowers

Dixon, NM

A Sensual Journey Through The World of Aromatic Plants Join author, acupuncturist, and herbalist David Crow for a celebration of exotic floral essences, a photographic pilgrimage to the lands of their origin, and a visionary discussion about the world as a garden of medicine. The "Pharmacy of Flowers" is an olfactory feast featuring some of the world's most exotic, rare, and precious essential oils and attars, including various types of roses, jasmines, lotuses, orange blossom, agarwood, sandalwood, champaca, and many others.

Pharmacy of Flowers

Dixon, NM

A Sensual Journey Through The World of Aromatic Plants

Join author, acupuncturist, and herbalist David Crow for a celebration of exotic floral essences, a photographic pilgrimage to the lands of their origin, and a visionary discussion about the world as a garden of medicine. The "Pharmacy of Flowers" is an olfactory feast featuring some of the world's most exotic, rare, and precious essential oils and attars, including various types of roses, jasmines, lotuses, orange blossom, agarwood, sandalwood, champaca, and many others.

Floracopeia in Crestone, CO

Floracopeia in Marblehead, Mass.

David Crow in Saratoga Springs, NY

Waldorf School and Joy of Yoga

Morning: David Crow will give a presentation to the students of the Saratoga Springs Waldorf school on the healing benefits of medicinal plants.

6 - 9:30pm: evening presentation at Joy of Yoga studio. The evening event will be a presentation of Floracopeia essential oils and aromatic treasures with emphasis on their healing powers according to Ayurvedic principles.

Ayurvedic Aromatherapy & Sacred Scents

Florence, MA

Friday evening: free introduction

Saturday: Using Essential Oils according to Ayurvedic Principles.
The use of aromatic plants, essential oils, and hydrosols is a branch of Ayurvedic and Tibetan medicine. This class presents the most important essential oils used currently in aromatherapy, categorized according to doshas (constitutional types), subdoshas (physiological functions of the doshas), the five elements, prana (life force), and ojas (nutritional essence).

Sunday: Ayurveda and Sacred Scents.
The use of essential oils, resins, and herbal incense for healing, meditation, and well being. This class explores the use of important essential oils, attars, and botanical incenses found in the Ayurvedic tradition, with an emphasis on their effects on consciousness, meditation, and yoga practice.

Floracopeia on Cape Cod

Woods Hole, MA

Friday, June 13, 7 -9pm: Evening Introduction

Saturday, June 14: 10am - 6pm:
The Pharmacy of Flowers
Introduction to aromatic plants and essential oils.
Antibiotic resistance and the future role of essential oils as medicines.
Role of aromatic plants in ecological restoration, preservation of biodiversity, sustainable economies, and global healthcare
Benefits of fragrance in daily life: essential oils for enhancing health and happiness.
Using aromatic culinary herbs for dietary medicine.

Sunday, June 15, 10am - 6pm
Sacred Scents
History and Therapeutic Benefits of some of the most powerful exotic and renowned incense plants, their medicinal and spiritual uses.
Featuring fragrant woods such as sandalwood, agarwood, cedar, and juniper; purifying resins such as frankincense, myrrh, and copal; intoxicating flowers such as roses, jasmines, and saffron; perfumed roots such as vetiver and jatamansi; and a rare selection of ancient temple incenses.

Floracopeia in Melrose, MA

Melrose Therapeutic and Wholistic Center

Fragrance and Consciousness: Essential Oils and Aromatic Meditations for Enhancing Mental & Physical Well-being

This day long workshop presents the latest research on the effects of essential oils on moods, mental states, and immunity. We will learn how to safely and effectively use aromatic oils in a variety of ways, including their applications for enhancing meditation and concentration. Experience a series of powerful healing meditations based on Tibetan, Ayurvedic and Chinese medicine.

1) Essential oils for treating anxiety, depression, and insomnia
2) Oils for increasing concentration, memory, and learning
3) Healing meditations using essential oils

Floracopeia in Sebastopol, CA

Aromatherapy and Ayurveda

Immerse yourself in the Study, Scents & Exotic Tastes of Ayurveda at the dhyana Center in the Heart of Beautiful Sonoma County

Friday, September 26
10-5PM: Ayurvedic Foundations with Deanna Batdorff
The basic foundations of Ayurveda will be covered with an emphasis on our inherited tendencies, traits & constitutional types (vata,pitta,kapha) and the specific qualities of nature (hot/cold/wet/dry). Through the experience of smelling essential oils we will discover how to determine the effects of essential oils on the gunas & the doshas.

6:30 - 8:30pm: Kitchen Alchemy with Jill Leslie
After a dinner break we will gather in the kitchen to learn Jill's much coveted secrets of making nourishing aphrodisiac treats with medicinal herbs,spices and essential oils.

David Crow will share his Exotic Oils and Alchemical Pharmacy. Topics to be covered:
Saturday, September 27th 10-6PM
Using Essential Oils according to Ayurvedic Principles
The use of aromatic plants, essential oils, and hydrosols is a branch of Ayurvedic and Tibetan medicine. This class presents the most important essential oils used currently in aromatherapy, categorized according to doshas (constitutional types), subdoshas (physiological functions of the doshas), the five elements, prana (life force), and ojas (nutritional essence).

Sunday , September 28th 10-5PM
Fragrance and Consciousness
This day-long workshop presents the latest research on the effects of essential oils on moods, mental states, and immunity. We will study the most important oils used for treating anxiety, depression, insomnia, and other common disturbances, as well as oils for increasing concentration, memory, and learning.

6 - 8pm: Agni Hotra Homa
Sunday night David will facilitate an exquisite fire ceremony (agni hotra) where we will have the opportunity to offer prayer, stories, and song.

Please Register Early!
Class size is limited to 15 students

To Register conatact: the dhyanna center For specific questions about the event www.dhyanacenter.com

National Ayurvedic Medical Association Conference

Chicago, IL

Floracopeia and David Crow will be at the sixth annual conference of the National Ayurvedic Medical Association. The conference theme this year is “The New Frontier of Holistic Medicine: A Restoration to Wholeness in Healthcare.”

David Crow will speak on "Ayurveda and Global Hunger."

Ayurveda and Aromatherapy in Kerala, India

With Niika Quistgard at Rasa Ayurveda

Join David Crow and Niika Quistgard for a sixteen day immersion in classical Ayurvedic aromatherapy in beautiful Kerala, India.

Topics include:

In-depth studies of the major essential oils produced in India, and their uses according to Ayurvedic traditions.

Tours of jasmine, cardamom, vetiver and vanilla farms, sandalwood and eucalyptus forests, and distilleries.

Hands-on distillation of important Ayurvedic aromatic herbs.

Making and using "arkas," Ayurvedic hydrosols.

Preparing and using classical Ayurvedic aromatic medicines.

Making traditional Ayurvedic incense.

Using aromatic herbs and spices in Ayurvedic cooking.

Using modern aromatherapy and essential oils from around the world according to Ayurvedic principles.

For more information and photos about Niika Quistgard and Rasa Ayurveda, visit www.rasaayurveda.com. For FAQ's visit http://www.ayurvedatrip.com/faqs.html

Living Environments: Introduction to Aromatics

Tiburon, CA

This one day program introduces students to the benefits of essential oils and aromatherapy, with an emphasis on understanding botanical aromas according to the Chinese system of five elements. Learn practical application of using oils in the home and specific properties and qualities of various essential oils. This class is part of the Living Environments curriculum and is not open to the public.